Maggi Hambling on making work your best friend

“Lett [Haines] was a really great teacher. He’s the one who said to me, ‘If you are going to be an artist, you’ve got to make your work your best friend, that you can go to whatever you are feeling—you are feeling tired, you are feeling happy, you are feeling bored, you are feeling randy. Whatever you are feeling, go to it and have a conversation with it.’ Which is how I live my life.”

—Maggi Hambling - Monocle on Culture (2024-04-01)